Wind energy assessment and wind farm simulation in Triunfo - Pernambuco, Brazil

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2705-2713

  de Araujo Lima, Laerte ^a   Bezerra Filho, Celso Rosendo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Capacity factor; Triunfo; Wind energy; Wind farm; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; FULL-LOAD; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; NET PRESENT VALUE; NORTHEAST REGIONS; PERNAMBUCO; SIMULATED RESULTS; WEIBULL PARAMETERS; WIND DATA; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND FARM; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED;

EARNINGS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; TRIUNFO;

EID: 77954312030     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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